a friend of mine had an older e200, recording an entire singer songwriter thing straight to disk, i thought it sounded great. not sure if the newer cad mics are the same quality? or maybe it just worked well for his gig

I think the E-100 is quite a bit more useful than the E-200. I have an E-300 which has seen a fair amount of lead vocal duty. It's not a good fit for everyone, but on the right singer, it works great. (This is a familiar story, no?)

well, we are talking about two mics built specifically for the capture of the human voice.

which ever you prefer, the application is the same.

don't get me wrong, i totally dig seeing a big U-47 in front of a singer, i just got tired of lining up 3 - 6 mics to hear which one would work best. the SM-7 just works every time i've tried it. in the last 2 years, i've stopped reaching for anything else.

yeah, the engineer (who shall remain nameless.....) who did my band's dying record used an M88 on the snare. MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER HEARD. ok, perhaps an exageration, but it worked really well.